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The ceremony was witnessed by representatives from the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) and Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL).

These two mine clearance projects would be implemented in Parwan and Panjshir provinces under Japan's assistance scheme "Grant Assistance for Grassroots Projects (GAGP)," a statement from Japan embassy said.

Successful implementation of these projects would clear 1,526,382 square meters of minefields and battlefields in mentioned provinces.

These projects would benefit more than 5,000 households in Parwan and Panjshir provinces. The area free from landmines and explosive remnants of war in these provinces would provide safe grounds for local residents to conduct their daily activities.

"The cleared areas will be used for agriculture, animals' grazing and safe movements of local residents and people passing Kabul – Mazar-e-Sharif highway."

Keiichi Hara, Charge d'Affaires at the Embassy of Japan said, "Mine clearance sets a basic condition for safer living premises and development activities such as infrastructure, agriculture and livestock which ultimately contributes to improve local and national economy."

He further added that "Construction of AVA training centre" is also one of the important projects towards the improvement of the agriculture and livestock sectors of Afghanistan.

This training centre will provide the capacity-building courses to the field veterinarians and para-vets working in Veterinary Field Units (VFUs) of Paktia, Khost and Paktika provinces.

Japan has so far contributed more than 6.57 billion USD to Afghanistan's nation-building efforts since 2001, in various fields including security, political process, education, health, culture, humanitarian assistance, agriculture, infrastructure and its capacity development.

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